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confidence game
noun
any swindle in which the swindler, after gaining the confidence of the victim, robs the victim by cheating at a gambling game, appropriating funds entrusted for investment, or the like.
Word History and Origins
Origin of confidence game1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
People purchase them because they think the value will appreciate “so obviously the confidence game will only work as long as people keep buying.”
It’s a confidence game, and you will lose money.
But if the banking business is ultimately a confidence game, the game ended quickly.
The British psychological thriller follows the emboldened woman down the rabbit hole of false identities and confidence games.
“This was really an ageless, classic confidence game that has played out over modern social media,” Assistant U.S.
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